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Photo: Chris O'Meara/AP
A cone of moisture surrounds part of the Ares I-X rocket during lift off on a sub-orbital test flight from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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A hand is seen through a slab of light-transmitting concrete in Csongrad, Hungary, 150 kilometres east of Budapest. Hungarian Aron Losonczi invented the light-transmitting concrete in 2001 and is set to unveil the newest version of the product.
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Greek Olympic medalist rower Vasileios Polymeros lights the Olympic Flame in front of Parthenon temple on the Acropolis in Athens.The flame will be flown to Canada on Oct. 30.
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Photo: M. Spencer Green/AP
Hudson, a two-year-old polar bear, devours a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill.
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Photo: Mohammad Iqbal/AP
A man is seen at the spot of a car bomb explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan. The blast in the market area killed more than 100, many of them women and children.
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Followers of San Judas Tadeo pray outside San Hipolito church in Mexico City. San Judas Tadeo, the saint traditionally petitioned for lost causes, is one of the biggest spiritual figures among young people in Mexico.
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Photo: JOHN GRESS/REUTERS
Nadaya, a male western lowland gorilla, eats a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois October 28, 2009.
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Travis Pastrana of the U.S. performs an FMX back flip on his dirt bike over a hovering helicopter in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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An abandoned car sits alongside Colorado Highway 93 as a winter storm continues to deposit snow throughout the state.
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Photo: ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images
Cuban schoolchildren throw flowers into the sea at the Malecon seafront in Havana to mark the 50th anniversary of the disappearance of Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos, who vanished at sea while flying his small plane on a mission for Fidel Castro.
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Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby celebrates his third goal of the night during the second period of a game against the Montreal Canadiens in Pittsburgh.
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Andrea Bargnani is fouled while heading to the basket between Shaquille O'Neal, left, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas during the Toronto Raptors' season home opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the ACC in Toronto. The Raptors won 101-91.
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Philadelphia Phillies' Cliff Lee, right, is congratulated by catcher Carlos Ruiz after defeating the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the Major League Baseball World Series in New York. The Phillies won 6-1 to lead the series 1-0.
